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reelection campaign and just days plus the supreme court on the clock with a ruling do on abortion pills before midnight tonight, and alec baldwin off the hook as prosecutors dropped the charges in his movie set shooting, but that doesn't mean the case is over. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday. we did it, everybody we are here. i'm omar jimenez in for christine romans. just because it's friday, though, doesn't mean the news has taken the day off. so let's get to it. we begin with president biden said to make a 2024 election bid official he's been hinting at it for a while. but now four sources are telling cnn that he will formally announced his bid for a second term with a campaign style video as soon as next tuesday. the timing could still change pending on foreseen events, which is typical in that job. but one senior democratic official telling cnn, it is no longer helpful or necessary to

avoid stating the obvious that he's running here is more from chief white house correspondent film at him. for months, president biden's top advisers have privately made clear he is going to run for re election in 2024. what they wouldn't make clear what exactly he was going to announce that the president repeatedly saying he intended to run and ireland last week, saying that he'd made the decision and announcement would be forthcoming soon, but when it was very much something that people couldn't ripley figure out very small group of advisers kind of in control of that timeline of that process of building a reelection campaign campaign officials now say, is likely to be announced next week next week, marking the four year anniversary from when president biden launched his first campaign for presidency to defeat donald trump. he was successful in that endeavor, and in the years since he has these, based on the view of white house officials, based on the president's political advisors built a very real very

substantive agenda. legislative accomplishments, accomplishments that are now being implemented. cross the country and that more than anything else. so they say the president is going to be focusing on in the months ahead. the model is kind of out in the open, the president has been making very clear those priorities. these accomplishments and also a very clear contrast between republicans that he knows he will certainly be running against whether or not that's donald trump or somebody else. advisors don't necessarily want to weigh in, but they feel confident that based on that agenda, and based on those contrasts, they have a winning formula. but it's a formula that will certainly take developing over time. and they also underscore when you talk to white house officials and the president's political team that this will be a year of building building up on their campaign. whether or not that's the president's travel, how they try and focus things but also building behind the scenes. the infrastructure of the campaign has largely been put together behind the scenes over the course of the last couple of months, but they will spend 2023 testing digital strategies, testing data strategies, testing voter messages and watching the republican primary play out, and

that last point is a critical one because it was one of the drivers behind the president's decision to wait until next week to launch that campaign. recognizing that there's no real pressure on the democratic side from any potential primary opponent, there's a recognition that the president was likely to run again. and certainly there was plenty of fighting that they were happy to watch from the sidelines. on the republican side of things, but now the president ready to engage major donors are expected in washington at the end of next week to meet with the president's senior team. this is all building towards what people knew it was coming. i just didn't know when. the wind appears to be next week. phil mattingly, cnn. the white house. thank you, phil. right now. we are waiting to hear from the supreme court on the fate of the abortion pill mythic kristen justice samuel alito set a deadline of midnight tonight for a decision on whether to uphold and appeals court ruling that would restrict access to the pill. the court could also extend its delay on implementing the ruling, while a lawsuit by anti abortion doctors works its

way through the court system, or theoretically, at least the supreme court could uphold or strike down the texas judge's decision effectively banning access to the drug. bottom line . we will know by midnight unless the court extends. it's self imposed deadline once again in north carolina, the suspect accused of shooting a six year old neighbor and her parents after a basketball rolled into his yard is now in custody. 600 miles away in tampa, florida 24 year old robert louis singletary turned himself in after a two day manhunt. an extradition hearing is set for today. cnn's dianne gallagher has more from gaston county, north carolina. why did she shoot my daddy and me incomprehensible question from a six year old hensley white stitches in her cheek from where doctors had to remove bullet fragments, was just riding her bike while other kids played basketball when gunshots rang out in her north carolina neighborhood. it was rapid as he

was running across his yard. he had his arm outstretched and it was like pow, pow! pow wow, witnesses say when a basketball rolled into robert singletary's yard, he began yelling and cursing at the kids. which neighbors say wasn't unusual. but what happened next, when the father of one of the kids playing basketball came to talk to singletary was the guy was standing on his porch and the dad that had had words with him about, you know, saying stuff to kids. he had started walking back down the street and he started. the shooter just started running across the yard. shooting just shooting that man surprisingly got away unharmed. but then neighbors say that singletary started walking in the direction of the other kids and parents on the street and began shooting. he started shooting. with my daughter standing right there, but side of him and several other kids. uh around them. father ran to protect his daughter. he looked at my husband dead in the face,

and he said i'm gonna kill you. kinsley and her father were both shot while trying to run away. bullet grazed his mother's arm. she had a big big fragment of a bullet in her cheek, according to a man who lived at the same house. singletary's girlfriend rented a room there, and the 24 year old suspect begin staying with her a few weeks ago. i don't have too much interaction with them. i had no idea anything like this was going to go on. singletary was off. and yelling at kids about playing in the yard. he just hated children . according to police, singletary was arrested on assault and kidnapping charges in december, accused of hitting a girlfriend in the head with a mini sledge hammer. he has not entered a plea. cnn has contacted his attorney, gaston county police chief put out a statement letting the people of gaston county no. this sort of violence will not stand. they let all the kids sign it. this incident on the heels of a week already plagued by several gun violence, tragedies, leaving a community in utter fear. it's very scary. very scary, according to officials here in

gaston county, robert singletary turned himself into police those day night in hillsborough county , florida. he said that he didn't have identification on him at the time, and it took a little while to determine who he was. but right now he is in florida, is scheduled to have a hearing on friday. in reference to his extradition. diane gallagher, cnn, gaston county, north carolina. thank you, diane. well outside the us with sudan sliding to the brink of civil war and security conditions rapidly deteriorating , the pentagon says it is deploying what it calls additional capabilities nearby. it says the aim is to secure the u. s embassy and help with a potential evacuation if the situation calls for it. cnn's larry modelo is monitoring the story from nairobi, kenya, and joins us live very good to see you. we've seen attempts at a truce here in the past, we've seen calls for ceasefires. clearly, security for many has been an issue. you. but as far as the pentagon goes what are these additional capabilities

that they're talking about? deploying and how might they be used? omar the thinking here is that this is a contingency planning in case it becomes necessary, and this includes about hundreds of marines that are stationed in next door. djibouti hundreds of them are at complement oni, which is the u. s has only permanent military base on the african soil. but also this contingency planning this additional capabilities include aircraft that could bring in on the ground units that could secure an embassy and helped evacuate stuff if that were to be necessary. so far, the thinking is our on staff because there's about 16,000 americans in sudan, but many of them are dual nationals, so that's the second stage has not been discussed at this stage, but the thought of evacuating us embassy staff is becoming more and more critical. just two days ago, a us assistant secretary of african affairs told congressional staffers that the situation is so volatile. that is not possible to evacuate. but this is fast moving. that's what this thinking keeps evolving. us secretary of state antony blinken has been working the phones again after a meeting yesterday he spoke to both of

these generals involving a power struggle, appealing to them to agree to a ceasefire is not happened. it's supposed to be eating today they're still fighting. in the region are telling cnn that that the russia's wagner mercenary group is now arming one side in the sudan conflict with missiles. so what can you tell us about that? this is ottoman investigation of our colleague bagger, who was found that sudanese and regional diplomatic forces telling cnn that the vagner group has been supporting the rapid support forces. this is the powerful paramilitary group with surface to air missiles. this has helped the rsf in their fight against the sudanese military and according to investigations, there's been an uptick in activity in eastern libya, which labor sudan, agnes supported military bases. there is a vagner supported libyan general there, who has previously been allied with general hamid who leaves the rapid support forces and this applicant activity would prove that there is indeed

increased activity and support directly for the rapid support forces in their fight against the sudanese military. we need to point out that i did speak to general hamid t a few days ago, he said. he has no foreign support and this general in in libya also denies being affiliated with general committee. but the status of the ceasefire the real problem here, imma omar, especially with beginning and people still having bombs raining down on them and gunfire. yeah larry, i mean, you think about all the residents caught up in the middle of this as well, thank you. so much for your reporting, as always. just ahead. what's next for the movie set shooting case now that prosecutors are dropping charges against alec baldwin, plus a tough lesson for a school bus driver who used his brakes to educate some kids, as he says, and a multimillion dollar mystery at toronto's airport who stole a six ft crate full of gold? i see how pro

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prosecutors in new mexico are set to drop involuntary manslaughter charges against alec baldwin for the deadly rust film shooting. the shooting happened back in 2021 while baldwin was rehearsing with a prop gun fired a real bullet, killing the film. cinematographer helena hutchins, cnn's chloe melas reports. my only question is, am i being charged with something? baldwin soon will no longer be accused after new mexico prosecutors plan to file a motion dismissing involuntary manslaughter charges against the actor called quote temporary pending further investigation. baldwin reacted on instagram, posting a photo of his wife saying, quote i owe everything i have to this woman into you, luke, his attorney, you were in the room when the lady wants the gun. yeah. baldwin admitted to holding the gun. that fired a bullet killing helena hutchins, the cinematographer on baldwin's film rust, but told police he did not know he was handed a

loaded gun. baldwin resumes filming on rust this week with production moved to montana. this was baldwin last year. someone is responsible. for what happened and i can't say who that is, but i know it's not me. the dismissal is a win for baldwin's legal team, which challenged the motives and politics of one of the original prosecutors. it doesn't matter if he's a liberal democrat, and i'm a conservative republican. my job has always been to prosecute crimes. in february, baldwin's lawyers filed a motion to remove special prosecutor andrea riebe, who at the time of the investigation, was running for state representative in new mexico. male later revealed in the new york times suggested being involved in the case. quote might help in my campaign, both rebrand the district attorney who hired her, ultimately recused themselves. their replacements dropped the charges against baldwin, his attorneys saying they quote encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances

of this tragic accident. is there live animal that's kept on set. no. never the film's weapons handler, hannah gutierrez. reed is now the sole defendant in the case. 18 months for involuntary manslaughter. her attorney says she will plead not guilty and that gutierrez read. quote has been emotional about the tragedy but has committed no crime. really supposed to feel bad about you, mr baldwin, helena husband has been a vocal critic of baldwin, saying he should face charges. the idea that the person holding the gun. causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me. but now justice for helena hutchins moves forward without a star defendant and she was great at her job and she died and she died and that's that hurts me every day. i was closing my loss reporting for us now for more on this. let's bring in trial attorney imron and sorry i'm right. great to see you now, for the for the non legal minds watching this. i think some would say okay, it makes sense

that outboard one would be in a situation where he'd face charges. but now we're here. what do you think, prompted prosecutors to now dropped the charges against baldwin. i think there's a problem with the case. prosecutors don't just drop cases they especially don't just drop cases when it's a highly publicized matter involving someone who is in the public eye because all eyes are on that prosecution, so i think it's indicative that they had real problems with their evidence and their ability to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. we were weeks coming up to a trial. in this matter. there were preliminary hearings. pretty scheduled, so the prosecutor to come out now and say they're dropping these charges because that there need more investigation and there may be an issue with the firearm and their argument that he pulled the trigger shows that there was a real problem with the evidence , and i think it's going to be indicative that alec baldwin. maybe taking this home as a win

in that court and to your point you know, the statement from prosecutors is new facts were revealed that demand further investigation and forensic analysis. so i guess now my head goes to do you think this is where the legal drama ends for baldwin? or do you think that this is really, you know, we don't have enough to charge right now, so we'll drop it and then potentially file more charges later. so omar. at this stage, the prosecutor really should have all the evidence that they feel they need to come out at this late stage in the game, and this prosecution has been marred with problems from the get go. would recusals from the d a from a special prosecutor, the firearm enhancement charge of being dropped because that statute was not even in effect at the time. i think it's indicative that there's a problem with the evidence and is alec baldwin out of the woods with these criminal charges yet? well, the statement from the special prosecutor was guarded. she said that more

further investigation is needed and that it doesn't mean necessarily that they won't bring new charges. but i would suspect that if there was a problem already with the evidence regarding that firearm and their ability, most likely to prove the case before a jury beyond reasonable doubt, i think that alec baldwin may not be pacing further criminal charges. we have to wait and see, of course. course american. sorry thank you. and one of the special prosecutor says this decision does not absolve mr baldwin of criminal culpability. we'll see. we'll see what that means. but for now, it's great to see you. thanks for having me. quick hits across america, now the kentucky bank shooter who killed five coworkers, also leaving behind too revealing notes. law enforcement sources say he wrote about mental illness and the ease of buying a gun in the us my pillow ceo mike lindell is ordered to pay $5 million to an expert who debunked 2020 election data that mendell claimed was proof the election was stolen. the experts

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the response? been? online and in real life. this is a pretty new campaign. that video came out just two days ago. so it's hard to assess at the moment, its impact as a recruitment tool, but it's very clear that this is designed to recruitment directly into the war in ukraine . the ministry of defense uses the tagline which in russian translates roughly as join your own and plays on the russian acronym for special military operations. so there's no doubt there. look, i think to be fair . a lot of armies do use recruitment videos that play on the ideas of confidence of strength of man. good. in some ways, but this also speaks to russia's challenges that it's having in recruiting trained personnel for the battlefield. we saw with that recruitment drive back in the autumn, they recruited 300,000 untrained personnel. i think this is an entirely different kind of recruitment that we're seeing now using the special military operation in the war in ukraine as a recruitment drive. in itself. we know they're trying to swell the ranks of their

professional army by about 400,000 men to clearly they are committing also these kind of pr resources to that, obviously, it's jarring looking at it from outside of russia, knowing what we know about the kinds of casualties they're facing on the battlefield. the latest leaked pentagon document documents suggesting that about 43,000 russians have been killed in combat. that's just an estimate . but i think inside russia it's worth noting that a public service announcements are pretty common, and secondly, that it is a country with very defined gender roles. so i think that play on the idea of manliness may be more effective. that it seems from the outside and you touched on the very serious aspect of this, which is there is a marked difference from what is being displayed in ad versus the reality on the ground of the battlefield. claire sebastian, thank you so much. quick hits around the globe, now uganda's president congratulating lawmakers for passing a controversial anti lgbt q bill

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abortion case. justices must decide whether to uphold restrictions from a texas court that rolled back fda approval on the abortion drug crystal, a status hearing this afternoon in new mexico after prosecutors said they planned to dismiss the manslaughter charge against alec baldwin and the fatal shooting on his movie set rust also this morning. president biden is set to sign a new executive order making environmental justice, a key mission for his administration and an effort to tackle the effects of pollution on health. there's been controversy over hiring a new school superintendent in east hampton, massachusetts, near springfield, after one candidate told me he believes his job offer was rescinded because he used the word ladies in an email to address female school officials and then the next candidate selected, withdrew after initially accepting the position. that when i walked in this building today, too meet with a group. i felt like i was

coming home. i don't think i could have kept the smile off my face. if i tried. this is how vito peron's journey began to superintendent of the east hampton school district in the springfield massachusetts area, which is in a position of always aspired to says it all ended with three words in an email ladies good evening as he addressed the committee chair and her executive assistant, laying out contract requests for his salary, vacation days and more. it ended up though being a good night for his chances at superintendent he believes, telling cnn he was told it was a microaggression that he apologized. and when he was growing up, ladies and gentlemen was a term of respect. people talk about a teachable moment in the classroom. could that have been a teachable moment? unfortunately never got the chance. he's gotten support, though, from many in the east hampton community where he was once a principle, it's an embarrassment. i think i've been tremendous superintendent here.

it's a term that's used for respect. maybe it's old fashioned to some people, but i think it's a overblown and was used in excuse not to hire him, part of the statement released from the chair of the school committee, says i was insulted but also noting it wasn't their only concern. laying out requests prone made in that email over salary, vacation and sick days. there were too many concerns before we had even begun negotiating the rest of the contract, the statement continued. despite peron feeling these were just requests that they never got to any negotiations. they made the right decision. i just wish it hadn't been another freaking piece of bloody meat thrown into the pool. with those culture wars opportunity was rescinded, so they went to the next candidate who was flagged by a student shortly after having posted quote conservative transphobic rhetoric on social media complaining about trans women in high school athletics. not long after being selected,

she pulled out of the running. continuing the ongoing saga for the school district. we have attempted to reach erica against key stark for comment, but haven't gotten a response to school committee executive assistant one of the two people initially addressed as ladies followed up on social media, saying she wasn't offended by the word but respects anyone who may be. meanwhile, thousands of bed bath and beyond employees will not receive severance after the company announced last month, the closure of 400 stores, so let's bring in cnn business reporter nathaniel mayer said. okay one. good morning. great to see you. we both are are awake after nba playoffs. that's a that's a separate discussion. um so for starters here, uh you know, thousands are not going to get their severance. um they're on the verge of bankruptcy or the and they're in bankruptcy watch, and now we learn that laid off employees aren't getting severance. so what? tell us about your reporting on this. what are you hearing right, so bed bath would be honest in deep financial trouble closing stores , laying off workers and one of

the ways to companies trying to save money right now is they're not paying workers severance and they're not matching their four oh one k contributions from last year. and employees are shocked by this. they feel betrayed by the company. i spoke to one worker in new jersey who's been with the company for 18.5 years , she said. it was like a punch in the gut when she found out that she wasn't receiving severance and felt strung along by the company. and you know the timing of some of this also raises questions, especially in new jersey, right in new jersey , where this employee worked as well, um 1300 employees were laid off just days before a new ooh state law was set to take effect that that made severance mandatory for employees. and so employees feel like the timing of the layoffs was intentional. ironically this law was designed in response to toys r us and sears and other major retail bankruptcies, where those chains

also didn't pay their workers. severance my mind immediately goes to are. are there any protections? i mean, is there? is there any federal law around severance pay? is there is there any required mint there that you know of. so as i learned in my reporting, there is no federal requirement for severance pay for blue collar workers. it may come as a surprise to a lot of people, all that employers have to do when they when they engage in large scale layoffs is give workers 60 days notice. there's no severance requirements. oftentimes it's just white collar employees who receive severance and at bed bath and beyond, executives are going to get paid severance. the ceo is eligible for about seven million dollars and seven so you can imagine how the rank and file workers feel not getting ever any severance and seeing their ceo potentially walk away with $7 million. yeah it's a situation. i'm glad you're keeping an eye on. it obviously affects so many people. daniel myerson. thank you so much. now the test flight of space x's

starship got off the ground thursday, but that was a good part. like i said, that's the good news. the less good news came about four minutes later, just before starship was due to separate from the super heavy booster rocket, helping push it into orbit. spacex says several of the boosters 33 rocket engines failed, sending these spacecraft tumbling at which point the automated flight termination system blew up the rocket for safety reasons. now spacex ceo elon musk putting the best face on the explosion tweeting his team learned a lot for the next test launch. in a few months, coming up next hour on cnn this morning, the suspect accused of shooting a north carolina's six year old and her parents appear in court and next right here, authority governor ron desantis hits a rough patch on his way to the national stage. okay everyone. our

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your free author. submission kit 104 551827. republican florida governor ron desantis is facing an unexpected uphill battle as he eyes a presidential run. desantis has been making trips across the country ahead of an expected bid and collecting some not so great headlines along the way. conservative allies have questioned some of his recent moves. cnn's jessica dean has more when it comes to political battles, florida governor ron desantis usually finds himself on the attack. i said, i'm not going to sit back and try to skirt issues. i'm going on offense. i'm going to take the bull by the horns. i'm going to go in there and we're not going to leave anything left to chance. desantis nears an official entrance to the 2024 race, a rough stretch with potential allies expressing concern about his policy stances and others questioning his approach to wooing gop lawmakers. to back his not yet announced candidacy desantis

recent move to sign a six week abortion ban during a late night private ceremony after returning from out of state travel, prompting concern from top gop donors, including billionaire ken langone told the washington post. he wants the florida governor to moderate his stance on the issue. and to quote be a little more conciliatory. some of desantis is political rivals , also criticizing his action on abortion. of course, that's a horrible position to be, and it's upsetting a lot of folks. because a lot of republicans are realizing it's going to hurt our message and hurt our ability to win. desantis also visited washington this week, where he met with republican lawmakers seeking to build support for an expected campaign. he's got a lot of factors to consider. and one of them are is this constituent, the former president donald j. trump but former president donald trump and his team were one step ahead , planning a separate dinner at mar-a-lago with lawmakers and locking down support from several members of the florida gop delegation of the sanctus.

the sanctimonious push by trump part of an effort to target the florida governor on a number of fronts, including going after desantis on the airwaves with ads from a trump aligned. super pac has his dirty fingers all over senior entitlements are calling out desantis for threatening additional action in his year long feud with disney. think ron desantis is a conservative. based on his actions towards disney. i mean, you know, where are we headed here now that if you express this agreement in this country, the government is allowed to punish you. to me. that's what i always thought. liberals did greetings from the free state of florida. desantis remains on message drawing big crowds in south carolina on wednesday. florida shows that leadership really matters, results matter and i think if you look at our results, they are second to none . in new hampshire, the governor headlined a dinner for the state

republican party that broke fundraising records. we cannot get distracted. and we cannot afford to lose because freedom is hanging in the balance. and while he isa likely june announcement, desantis boasts a massive war chest of cash and the super pac backing him is raising big money as it builds out a ground game and launched a new app this week. democrats not lie about governor desantis what happened to donald trump? thank you, jessica, now for more on the state of the 2024 presidential race, let's bring in cnn political analysts and the washington bureau chief for the boston globe, jackie cassini's jackie. great to see you. so desantis has a platform the gop loves, but he can't seem to get gop s support, even in some cases from his own state in florida, representative greg stoop who is endorsed trump described it like this to politico. desantis has never once reached out to him during his five years in congress, nor replied to his multiple attempts to connect to park. action from here. is it just too little, too

late on that front for desantis and related at this point, it seems like all roads to the gop nomination, go through trump. well, so the importance of greg stoop who you just mentioned he fell off a ladder and ended up in the hospital, and he never heard from desantis. usually politicians would reach out particularly if you're looking for someone support. but that happens to someone in your state in particular you would normally ceased or you would have an outreach operation would say, hey, give this guy a call. desantis hasn't done that. he hasn't reached out to a lot of florida members and these little pockets of support to make a difference. i don't know how much endorsements matter in the long run. but in the early days who's backing you, and who's fueling this, this rise really does matter. so and in the other side, former president trump has reached out to members. he is asking for endorsements, not kind of expecting them. and there was when desantis was for when he first started testing

the waters here, and he hasn't done anything official yet which we should say. there was some concern among those who know him about his ability to connect with people to build support, and i think we're seeing parts of that right now. you know, it's definitely something to watch is when, when that bit and then eventually, as many assume, uh, will happen now pivoting to another person who's been dancing around announcement. president biden we're hearing will finally be announcing his run for re election next week. so it's explain what is the thinking behind the timing here? because obviously we've been doing hence, it would have been doing this dance for a while. well right. i mean, i think a lot of us had heard he was going to do this in february or march, and it has been been now we're almost to the end of april. i guess we're mid april now, but this would be the anniversary of when he announced the last time i believe and biden really does like these things that that that have a natural and beginning and end so but they're also hasn't

been a rush. i think a lot of us have expected him. to announce. um it's not like he's going to have trouble raising any money. it's not like he has any serious challengers at this point, so there's a lot of reporting. it's going to happen early next week, and i know you're gonna be watching. so am i. yeah, we're look 2024 is gonna be here before we know it and then it's truly awful. yeah because in each of the boston globe, thank you so much. thanks summer. well there is no place like home for the golden state warriors as they cruised to a huge win against the king's carolyn manno has this morning's bleacher report. okay. i mean, my god, the warriors really just came through destroyed. very chippy playoffs so far, i guess i would say that and then you've got the odds stacked against the defending nba chance setting into last night's game three. the warriors had never been down two games to none with steph curry in the fold. and the team was also without draymond green, who was serving a suspension that he picked up on monday. but it all turned out to be extra

motivation for chef curry cooking up something special on his home court once again, steph scorching the kings for 36 points, which included six threes. golden state never trailed on the way to a commanding 17 point win and after the game, khoury told the inside the nba crew that his team is not planning to go away quietly. we've been what this 28 series i think, and it's the first time that we've been down too. so ah, just embrace the challenge. we haven't done anything yet. we know there's a long way to go. but um we knew the consequences of if we would have lost this game and we don't want to let that happen. meantime things getting very chippy early between the sixers and the nets. so this started in the first quarter brooklyn center nick klaxon tried to taunt and vp favorite to olympia by stepping over him. and as you might expect, that did not go over well, so this was indeed retaliating with a kick between the legs. the officials gave him a flagrant one foul but allowed him to stay in the game. you can see the two kind of staring at each other. it was that kind of

game, but this is what had a lot of people talking in the third quarter six or star james harden was tossed after elbowing royce o'neill below the belt. the rest called this unnecessary and excessive contact. this doesn't sync up for me, and certainly not for hardened. here's what he had to say after phillies wanted to 97 win natural basketball reaction, and i didn't i don't. i didn't hit him enough hard enough for him to fall down like that, but for a flagrant two is unacceptable like this is a playoff game you've seen around the league things that are much more. worse than what would that player was? meantime, sun star devin booker is playing like a man on a mission against the clippers. he dropped 45 points, powering phoenix to apply point win and, more importantly, to one series lead has 5 40 point games in the playoffs, matching charles barkley for the most in son's history. three more playoff games on the schedule tonight, beginning with the hawks hosting the celtics tip offset for seven eastern there. and i feel good story for you, omar here as we say goodbye after being diagnosed with non

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